Newsom unilaterally voids California's death penalty cases
Taking a break from calling President Donald Trump an authoritarian, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has decided to unilaterally eliminate the death penalty in California, rewriting sentences in hundreds of cases against the will of California voters.
TL;DR
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom has commuted the sentences of all 548 inmates on death row.
- The death sentences have been replaced with life without parole.
- This decision was made unilaterally by the governor, against the will of California voters.
- Newsom had previously placed a moratorium on executions in California.
- The article suggests this action denies victims' families the justice they were promised.